1. Iran has built a roaring global trade for its oil, relying on a shadow fleet of tankers that conceal their activities to skirt sanctions.

2. UAE discussed with Israel and the U.S. participating in a provisional administration of post-war Gaza.

3. Microsoft will spend $3 billion to expand its Azure cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) capacity in India.

4. Israel cyber firms raise $4 billion in 2024 on surge of cloud, AI security needs.

5. Overseas investors turned net sellers of Asian equities in 2024, primarily due to a surge in selling in the last quarter amid concerns that Trump's trade policies might hit Asian economies.

6. Volume of global crude exports in 2024 declined 2% due to weak demand growth and as refinery and pipeline changes reshuffled trade routes.

7. Nvidia took the wraps off new products such as AI to better train robots and cars, souped-up gaming chips and its first desktop computer.